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-abilis
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Latin
Etymology
la est -bilis
From la -bilis, by rebracketing of words such as la amābilis, where -ā- is the stem-final vowel of a first-conjugation verb (la amo amāre, amō). This long -ā- is unrelated to the short -a- in the word la habilis proper, apt, from la habeō.
Suffix
-ābilis la chiefly <<post-Augustan>>
suffixed to noun to form adjectives meaning "able to have or bring, prone to have or bring, having the power to have or bring": -able
la exitium -ābilis exitiābilis
la ratiō -ābilis ratiōnābilis
la amīcus -ābilis amīcābilis
la perniciēs -ābilis perniciābilis
Declension
-ābilis
Derived terms
la
Related terms
la -ibilis
Descendants
ca -able -évol
en -able
fr -able
gl -ábel -able
ia -abile
it -abile -evole
nb -abel
pt -ável
oc -able
ro -bil
ru читабельный комфортабельный
scn -àbbili
es -able
la rebracketings